News
Video: In conversation with Alex S Vitale
In March, along with Netpol, we organised the launch of Alex S Vitale's book, The End of Policing.
News
In conversation with Alex S Vitale
After Alex S Vitale's appearance at Conway Hall last week to launch his new book, The End of Policing, our Research Fellow Connor Woodman and Novara's Sam Swann discuss with Alex the role of police in society and ask what the alternatives might be.
Listen to the podcast here.
Comment
Time for bold action to downsize criminal justice
The awful events in Paris have sharpened the political conflict over cuts to policing in England and Wales.
During ...
News
What should the police be doing?
Writing today in The Guardian, Polly Toynbee considers the pressures faced by police following cuts to social and health budgets. She highlights shrinking police numbers and bemoans the...
News
Police could become less visible on the streets
Police officers could become less visible on the streets because police forces aren't managing their budgets properly in the face of funding cuts, warns a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, covered in ...
News
More social workers, fewer police?
Sir Peter Fahy, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police has called for 'a new approach' in responding to vulnerable and missing teenagers. He emphasised the need to protect children, but questioned whether the police are best placed to do this, reports...
Comment
Who will benefit from more GPS surveillance?
Vera Baird, QC, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Northumbria, has...
News
What are the alternatives to policing?
On 22 October the Centre held an event which aimed to stimulate debate about alternatives to policing in Britain. Professor Tim Hope of the University of Salford, and Dr Waqas Tufail of the University of Liverpool, led the discussion by introducing papers outlining which functions the police...
Comment
I would give up... the police service
I would give up the police service, particularly the uniformed branch, and its officers.
There is no evidence that they are effective in any of the tasks and functions they set themselves...
Comment
Holding the police to account
Police corruption has traditionally been conceptualised as an abuse of power and authority by individual officers. Such definitions have tended to result in a restrictive understanding of 'rogue'...